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In Egyptian mythology, Kebechet (spelt in hieroglyphs as Qbḥt (Qebehet) and also transliterated as Khebhut, Kebehut, Qébéhout, Kabehchet and Kebehwet) is a goddess, a deification of embalming liquid. Her name means cooling water.

Key facts

Deity.type
Egyptian
Deity.name
Kebechet
Deity.hiero
W16-X1-I12*H6:R12 or q b H W16 w t D:R12
Deity.symbol
Serpent
Deity.parents
Anubis

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Gender
female
Father
Anubis
Mother
Anput
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Commons category
Egyptian deities
worshipped by
Egyptian mythology
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In Egyptian mythology, Kebechet (spelt in hieroglyphs as Qbḥt (Qebehet) and also transliterated as Khebhut, Kebehut, Qébéhout, Kabehchet and Kebehwet) is a goddess, a deification of embalming liquid. Her name means cooling water.

==Myths== Kebechet is a daughter of Anubis. In the Pyramid Texts, Kebechet is referred to as a serpent who "refreshes and purifies" the pharaoh.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kebehet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.